This four-season fishing destination gets things going with smelt in spring, just after ice-out in many of the deeper lakes. Year-round you’ll find excellent crappie and perch fishing, before the northern pike and walleye/pickerel season starts the third Saturday in May. In summer and fall, come fish for large and small mouth bass from the fourth Saturday of June. And dip your lure for lake white fish at any time of the year (although fall is best).

Winter brings out the protective ice huts and the chance for an on-ice pan-fry of perch, a trophy walleye or northern pike, along with the bonus of a lake trout or white fish.

For easy access to the Canadian wilderness and some of the best fishing in Ontario, whether you’re a seasoned angler or new to fishing, you’ll find a great fishing getaway waiting for you in the Explorers’ Edge region.

Click on the links below for helpful info on where to fish, which species you’ll find, and fishing services offered here.

For more information on fishing on limits and seasons in Explorers’ Edge, click here.

Note: Information on these pages has been provided to Explorers’ Edge by guides and accommodation providers in the region. For definitive information on fishing in the province and in this region, visit the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources.